I did not watch the View last night but I heard all about it this morning on BBC Radio Ulster on Nolan. (By the way, what an ignorant man Nolan is. Jude, you have great patience.) I heard the kind words spoken by Ian Paisley Jnr about Martin McGuinness and his good wishes and expression […]
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” The ‘Wee Late One’ ” by Patricia MacBride
It’s a year ago today since my mother died. She was in her 90th year and I was “the wee late one,” the baby of the family of six and because of that, I always liked to fool myself that I was her favourite. The truth is each of us was special to her; there […]
Ian, we hardly knew ye…
Well, who would have thunk it? I have never been a fan of Ian Paisley Jr, but last night he took, as they say, my breath away. During THE VIEW on BBC, he offered unstinting praise to Martin McGuinness for the work he’d done in advancing reconciliation, and called on the DUP to show the […]
THE SPADIAD by Perkin Warbeck
Seems like the SPADs south of the Black Sow’s Dyke, fare rather better than the SPADs north of that invisible (but, erm, soon to be all-too-visible) line which separates yours wot live in Lion Land and us wot live in the land of The Unicorn Restaurant. (The Unicorn Restaurant on Merrion Court, Dublin 2 […]
RHI WE CRY by Randall Stephen Hall
I was inspired this morning by connecting an image of the broken mouth sculpture (its waters no longer run) at Queen’s University Library, Belfast to our broken politics up at the Assembly in Northern ireland. RHI WE CRY. By Randall Stephen Hall © 19.1.17 Like the broken front teeth Of a beggar man The […]
An bhfuil tú amaideach, Nelson?
Maybe you heard Nelson McCausland argue on air yesterday that an Irish Language Act would cost £100 million a year. Perhaps he should view this video before he exercises his hamely tongue on the topic again…
RHI smoke and the difference between a SPAD and a Minister
Claire Hanna was on Raidio Uladh /Radio Ulster just now and she made one very valid point: the wood-pellet scheme is creating a lot of smoke and it’s hard to see through it. However, the testimony yesterday by Dr Andrew McCormick to the Public Accounts Committee has provided flares, helping us see what direction the […]
‘Uncovering the Truth about the British role in the north of Ireland (Part III)’ by Joe McVeigh
‘Operation Motorman’, was introduced by the British army and the British government in July 1972 as a deliberate strategy to put an end to the insurgency created by the Civil Rights movement. Towards the end of October, as ‘Motorman’ was about to finish, British army chiefs with the approval of their political masters in London, […]
‘Arlene Foster – What fracking interest?’
Friday, 25 November 2011 I once went to a movie called Giant in the County Cinema in Omagh. It starred Rock Hudson and was all about Texas and ranchers and cowboys and oil and stuff. I’ve forgotten everything in it except one moment where Rock is in a field on his own. Looking very soulful, […]
‘The Lame Duck Taoiseach’ by Jessica McGrann
Fair play to Mrs May for setting out her stall of reasonable demands for a smooth brexit. England has a land border with France via the channel tunnel and she makes it crystal clear there will be no free movement here or elsewhere between England and the EU. The free movement will end pretty […]